Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the Commonwealth there were proposals for reforming , and even abolishing , the Chancery . |
| 2 | A few years later there were proposals for a National Curriculum in England and Wales under the law — a law which would provide , according to the government , ‘ a framework not a straitjacket ’ . |
| 3 | Now and then there were proposals for reforming the entire system , and it was even suggested that the 12 constellations of the Zodiac might be named after the 12 Apostles . |
| 4 | There were proposals for a telephone price information service at 38p a minute for private clients . |
| 5 | Also included were proposals for the development of a common foreign and security policy and , ultimately , common defence . |
| 6 | Particularly opposed by the dissident RPR factions were proposals for the dilution of the traditional role of the party leader by establishing a confederation with other pro-Gaullist groups outside the RPR ( including dissidents ) , for the formation of a joint shadow cabinet with centrist and right-wing parties including the Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) , and the proposal by another Renovator , Michel Noir , a potential presidential candidate , for the actual merger of the RPR with other elements of the opposition into a single party . |
| 7 | The first two years of education were to be the academic years , and there were proposals for these two years also to be seen as discrete and eligible for a Diploma of Higher Education . |
| 8 | The next things to change were baits for bream . |
| 9 | Some were prisoners for four or five years . |
| 10 | And then there were hats for every occasion , sunglasses , sportswear and even the questionable piece of advice that a firm corset would prevent seasickness . |
| 11 | There were plans for the younger children to join Watcyn Wyn 's private academy ( for ministerial candidates and others ) at Ammanford where the Welsh preacher-bard Gwili ( the Revd John Jenkins , later Principal of the Baptist Theological College at Banger and Archdruid of the Gorsedd of the Welsh National Eisteddfod ) was a tutor . |
| 12 | Where there were plans for the future now there is just an aching void . |
| 13 | From St Paul 's Cathedral to Putney Vale Crematorium did not seem such a short distance to the neighbours , such was their generous enthusiasm for Donald 's interment , and when they heard there were plans for a memorial service at Wimbledon Parish Church , some people said it was even better to do it this way . |
| 14 | Also discussed were plans for regional broadcasting . |
| 15 | Linked with the development of the project in schools were plans for initiating and extending local authority inservice provision , as a means of disseminating good practice derived from the experience of selected schools , and to guide schools about to enter the project . |
| 16 | The state testing programmes in the USA have been described in a survey by the Educational Testing Service ( 1973 ) , which reported that , although there were plans for many states to test a wide range of curriculum areas ( such as human relationships ) , few had developed the test technology sufficiently actually to carry out testing . |
| 17 | Advertising members of the family as if they were houses for sale |
| 18 | The English LEAs spending the most on transport were Norfolk for primary children ( 30 ) and Cornwall for secondary ( 103 ) . |
| 19 | Edwin Montagu was accused of anti-British motives for his Indian policy ; with Reading as Viceroy there were openings for the diehards " latent anti-semitism . |
| 20 | Bruce Critchley and David Sheehan gave the amateurs some hope when they ran out as comfortable 5 & 3 winners over Ken Bousfield and Geoff Hunt , while Warren Humphreys and Michael Lunt fought out a halved match with Peter Butler and Peter Mills but elsewhere there were wins for Alliss and Hunt ( 4 & 3 ) , Dawson and Platts ( 4 & 3 ) , Clark and Guy Hunt ( 1 hole ) and Wood and Garner ( 3 & 2 ) . |
| 21 | In addition were contracts for the plant , jetty , oil tank foundations and pipelines linked by 150 miles of asphalted roads . |
| 22 | There were calls for the resignation of coach Kevin Ashcroft as Salford went down to another heavy defeat , 36-12 at home to a Bradford side inspired by their Canberra Raider , Ivan Henjak . |
| 23 | There were calls for political detainees to be freed and chants in support of the new opposition group , New Forum . |
| 24 | Earlier this year there were calls for a public inquiry into the Government 's use of statistics and constraints on research , from the social statistics section of the RSS , from the Association of Social Research Organisations and from the Social Research Association . |
| 25 | At the local level , too , there were calls for the maximum amount of latitude in self-administration . |
| 26 | But there were calls for a shift to a more supportive role for industry from more sympathetic ministers . |
| 27 | It had become clear over the ensuing years that the requirements concerning collective worship had increasingly been disregarded by schools , and there were calls for the introduction of a more flexible system as well as suggestions that as a concept collective worship in school was outmoded and out of line with the more secular society in Britain , and should , therefore , be abandoned altogether . |
| 28 | First half losses before tax increased from £17.7m to £30.6m at Ratners ; Gerald Ratner received much criticism and there were calls for his resignation at the company 's agm . |
| 29 | There were calls for Mitchum 's movies to be banned . |
| 30 | The conference took place at a time of great political turmoil , and there were calls for the resignation of President Collor and an end to corruption . |